Handle for glass bottles



No. 626,262. Patented June 6, I899.

H. E. WRIGHT.

HANDLE FOR GLASS BOTTLES.

(Application filed Fgb. 28, 1899.) No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheat I.

PxTTY INVENTEIR No. 626,262. Patented June 6, I899. H. E. WRIGHT.

HANDLE FOR GLASS BOTTLES.

(Application filad Feb. 23, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets Sheet 2.

WITNEIEEEE- mrv UNTTnn STATES ATENT FFICE.

HENRY E. \VRIGIIT, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HANDLE FOR GLASS BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,262, dated June 6,1899. Application filed February 23,1899. Serial No. 706,461. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it 'nt/il/y concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing in Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Handles for GlassBottles, of which the followingdescription, in connection with theaccompanying drawings,is a specification like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide bottles or jars made ofglass or other nonmetallic material with a metal handle which may befirmly secured to the bottle without the employment of heat, wherebybreaking of the bottles in the application of the handles thereto isavoided, and at the same time providing the bottle with a stronger metalhandle which can be applied to the bottle in a substantially short timeand at a minimum expense.

In accordance with this invention the handle is formed of pieces ofsteel or iron wire which encircle the bottle at its neck or body, orboth, and which are twisted or otherwise mechanically united together.The pieces of wire are bent or shaped to form the handle proper and mayand preferably will have secured to them a sheet-metal cover, as will bedescribed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a glass bottle provided with a metal handleembodying this invent-ion; Fig. 2, an elevation of the bottle shown inFig. 1, looking toward the left; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, modifications to bereferred to.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A represents a glass bottle such as nowcommonly used to contain milk. The bottle A is provided with a metalhandle made, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of a steel or iron wire a, whichis of a suitable length to permit it to be folded to form two pieces I)c, which encircle the neck of the bottle and are twisted together orotherwise mechanically united, as at (Z. The two pieces 2) c aresuitably bent to the shape desired, (shown in Fig. 1,) and which is theusual shape of the handles of metal cans, and the said wire is securedto the body of the bottle by a metal band e, having its opposite endsfolded over or about the pieces I) 0 near their lower ends. The piecesI) c of wire may and preferably will The wire handle, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, is

made from one piece of wire folded to form the two pieces I) 0; but I donot desire to limit my invention in this respect, as the pieces b 0 maybe separated and twisted together at their upper ends like that shown inFig. 1, and also twisted together or otherwise mechanically securedtogether at their lower or opposite ends, as at g. (See Fig. 3.)

I may preferto employ the sheet-metal band e, (shown in Figs. 1 to 3;)but this maybe dispensed with and the body-band formed out of the wirea, as represented in Fig. 4, wherein a single wire forms the body-band,the neckband, and the intermediate handle, which is preferably providedwith the sheet metal cover.

In Fig. 5 the neck-band and the body-band are formed by uniting bothends of two separate pieces I) c of wire, whereas a single piece is usedin forming the handle, as shown in Fig. 4.

The metal handles above described are adapted and designed to be formedready to be attached to the bottle by means of pliers or other suitabletools and do not require the use of solder, and consequently can beapplied to the bottle byinexperienced persons without heat, thusavoiding cracking and breaking of the bottles and dispensing withskilled labor, which results in a cheaper, stronger, and more efficienthandle.

The sheet-metal cover f may and preferably will be secured to the piecesI) c of wire while both are fiat or straight, and thereafter the unitedparts are bent or shaped into the form desired, in which condition theycan be sold ready to be applied to the bottles.

I claim- 1. The combination with a non-metallic bottle or jar, of ametallic handle attached thereto and comprising a neck-band, abody-band, and an intermediate portion composed of separate pieces ofwire provided with a sheetmetal cover interposed between and securedthereto, substantially as described.

2. A handle for glass bottles and the like In testimony whereof I havesigned my composed of pieces I), c, of wire bent or shaped name to thisspecification in the presence of as described and a coverfinterposedbetween two subscribing Witnesses.

and secured thereto, the free ends of the pieces HENRY E. WEIGHT. 5 b, 0extending beyond the coverf a sufiicient \Vitnesses:

distance to encircle a bottle, substantially as v J AS. H. CHURCHILL,

described. J. MURPHY.

